Employee Benefit News April 13, 2020
Telehealth, by all accounts, will likely play a major role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The remote provision of clinical services via telecommunications technology, telehealth may help to meet the need for both expanded healthcare resources and for avoidance of in-person contact that may promote disease transmission. In light of COVID-19, regulations restricting telehealth are being relaxed, and private plans are expanding access. Telehealth has been said to be “tailor-made for this moment in time.”
To help illuminate the state of telehealth at this pivotal moment, FAIR Health offers findings from two new publications. One is the third annual edition of our FH Healthcare Indicators and FH Medical Price Index white paper, which examines trends and patterns in healthcare...